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Intended for the age group of 4 to 8, this book includes simple drawings of some of America's historic places, from Mount Rushmore to Mount Vernon, to the White House. Young visitors to Washington DC, will love to have this memento of their trip.
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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (the Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
American democracy is the world's most beloved form of government, which is why so many other nations are eager for it to be imposed on them. But just what exactly is it? Jon Stewart and his fellow patriots from the Emmy-winning The Daily Show finally deliver the answer. They offer their insights into a unique system of government, dissecting its institutions, explaining its history and processes, and exploring the reasons why concepts like 'One man, one vote', 'Government by the people', and 'Every...
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The Writing Of America Books - Geoff Ward
This study claims that the founding documents of American identity are essentially literary. America was invented, not discovered, and it remains in thrall to the myth of an "earthly paradise", but the land of the free is also restricting, and American ideology imprisons as it inspires.
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The essays and bibliography in this work provide an approach to the history of books and book collecting. It includes a long essay on the phenomenon of bibliophilia and bibliomania and the intense, sometimes consumingly passionate feelings collectors held for their collections.
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Latin America And The Caribbean Books - Andrew Solway
Offering guidance to the music of the world, supporting music, geography, history, and cultural study areas, this series includes 'Music boxes' that offer explanations of technical words and musical phrasing to aid comprehension. It contains 'Fascinating facts' boxes that contain information about famous musicians and composers.
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The power of the military in Latin America has become well known in recent decades, as coups have brought numerous military regimes into office since 1960. Yet too often it is assumed, for example, that the region's armed forces have had no legitimate defence functions, or that military professionalism is only a recent development. The editor has assembled a collection of essays that sets out to provide the historical context necessary to understand the Latin American military. The articles included...
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THE BEATLES Come To America (Deleted 2004 UK edition 208-page hardback book, written by Martin Goldsmith who manages to recreate the excitement of their first US visit, with thoroughly researched information and personal recollections including details of their legendary performance on the Ed Sullivan Show which drew an audience of over 73 million viewers - sealed!).
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A selection of 75 of the best golf articles from Condé Nast's American Golfer magazine. There is no better book for understanding golf in America during the boom period of the 1920’s (and into the 1930’s) than The American Golfer. Whether wrapping their arms around the whole of golf or focusing on minutia, a cadre of top writers produced tremendously keen monthly articles for the magazine of the same name, under the 16-year editorship of Grantland Rice. Charles Price selected articles for this book...
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Description: Part of a successful series with a tried-and-trusted format, this guide to bird watching in Central America and the Caribbean allows birders to plan excursions to maximise the chances of getting the best out of each site and region. Illustrations: ill.
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In 1991, the Cold War ended without the two primary players ever facing each other in direct conflict. But now a long-forgotten Soviet weapon is awakened on one of America's many battlegrounds, threatening the global balance of power. Does America have an answer to...The Programme? Collecting issues #1 to 6 of the acclaimed maxiseries written by Peter Milligan, with artwork and a cover by C.P. Smith. DC, paperback, 144 pages, published June 2008
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Description: First edition. Fine in wrappers. Paperback is a nice clean copy, like new. read more
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The Chevrolet Corvette is the most iconic - some would say only - sports car built in America. This lavishly illustrated work details the Corvette's 50-plus years of continuous production - a rish and varied history unmatched in the automotive world. An exhaustive review of six generations of American high performance, from the first six-cylinder 'Vette of 1953 through today's fire-breathing, world-beating C6, The Complete Book of Corvette offers an in-depth look at the prototypes and the experimental...
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American Leisure in the 20th Century: Modern America: Books on 20th Century America
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Book four of 'Crosstime Traffic' by the master of alternative history.
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geography@work is a new series designed to model the new Key Stage 3 Programme of Study for Geography, which will be taught for the first time from September 2008. It will be led by big, exciting issues: real places, real spaces and real enquiries ? all of which are relevant to real young people.
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Publisher Description: "The Colonial Book in the Atlantic World" carries the interrelated stories of publishing, writing, and reading from the beginning of the colonial period in America up to 1790. Three major themes run through the volume: the persisting connections between the book trade in the Old World and the New, evidenced in modes of intellectual and cultural exchange and the dominance of imported, chiefly English books; the gradual emergence of a competitive book trade in which newspapers...
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